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F. Scott Fitzgerald should have said that the rich are different from you and me because only they can afford to be precisely what they drive.
Think of an over-muscled vehicle that takes up too much room, shows a look best loved by mothers, is square-shouldered and has the strength to budge small buildings.
That’s the new Lincoln Navigator sport utility.
That’s also Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new vehicle.
Tiger Woods is another celebrity tuned to high power and full focus under stress. So he has bought a Navigator.
Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman personify pace, grace and agility. Could be why they drive Porsche 911s. Rodman’s, of course, is bright yellow.
Tim Allen’s “Home Improvement” television series is set in Detroit and hinges on one man’s love for building hot rods and restoring American muscle cars. In private life, Allen drives streets and racetracks in Ford Mustangs modified by California speed guru Steve Saleen.
He was born in the USA--so of course Bruce Springsteen drives a Ford Explorer.
Farrah Fawcett is windblown hair, grand beaches and the great outdoors--and being free-spirited at the wheel of her Jaguar XK8 coupe.
Jay Leno’s Burbank warehouse of cars includes Lamborghinis, Jaguars, Packards, a Bentley Turbo R, a GMC Syclone pickup, two Dodge Vipers, and a 1955 Buick--and, depending on the mood of the day, are his rides to work.
Steven Spielberg, apparently impressed with the vehicle’s performance during “The Lost World,” has a Mercedes-Benz ML320 sport utility on order.
Former “Baywatch” co-star Alexandra Paul campaigns to save whales and oceans and wears no leather--and was among the first Californians to lease a General Motors EV1 electric vehicle.
There are, of course, exceptions and no apparent connections to the rule of driving what you be. The public persona of comedian Jerry Seinfeld shows no hint of a 180 mph mind-set. Yet he owns a dozen Porsche sports cars.
Answers:
Tim Allen drives a Ford Mustang modified by California speed guru Steve Saleen.
Bruce Springsteen drives a Ford Explorer.
Farrah Fawcett drives a Jaguar XK8 coupe.
Jay Leno’s collection includes a 1995 Buick.
Steven Spielberg has a Mercedes-Benz ML320 sport utility.
